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Among the incidents dealt with by the force by way of community resolution were 410 assaults with injury, 373 assaults without injury and 126 cases of harassment - all crimes classed by police as "violence against the person".

Other crimes that were dealt with using community resolutions in the Humberside Police area last year include five cases of sexual assault, 307 cases of shoplifting and 13 of arson.

Guidance from the College of Policing says that the victim should be consulted before a community resolution goes ahead, that it should be "a less serious offence" and that the offender must admit they did it.